Prime Minister John Key says not to jump to conclusions about the bugging device found in the All Blacks' Sydney hotel at the weekend, implying it may have been an old bug, and not intended for them at all.
He said plenty of corporate organisations, political parties and Governments havepremises regularly swept for listening devices.
"I'm just saying it's not a new concept that people would put in bugging devices."
In terms of the Sydney bug, he said: "You wouldn't want to jump to conclusions about who put it there, how it got there or why it is there.
"It could have been there for a variety of reasons. Maybe it was old, maybe it was deliberate, who knows?"
The Wallabies have denied having anything to do with the listening device, which was reportedly found inside the upholstery of a lounge suite in the hotel room.
It has been reported to Sydney police.
Questioned at his post cabinet press conference about his own experiences of being bugged, Key said he was told about "a fraction" of the devices discovered.